Read article 'KEKB scales peak in luminosity'
KEKB scales peak in luminosity
This accomplishment will boost KEK's programme of investigating CP violation and searching for beyond-the-Standard-Model effects in the Bbar-B system.
Read article 'KEKB scales peak in luminosity'
Read article 'Brilliant future for PETRA III'
Brilliant future for PETRA III
DESY is to convert its storage ring PETRA into one of the most modern third-generation X-ray sources in the world.
Read article 'CERN establishes formal links with SESAME'
CERN establishes formal links with SESAME
A memorandum of understanding that provides for co-operation between the new international centre for Synchrotron light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME), CERN and ...
Read article 'CLEO discovers second DsJ particle'
CLEO discovers second DsJ particle
In the simplest interpretation of these results both particles are excited bound states of a charm quark, c, and a strange antiquark, sbar.
Read article '‘Naked’ crystals go underground'
‘Naked’ crystals go underground
On 5 May, four "naked" high-purity germanium detectors were installed in liquid nitrogen in the GENIUS Test Facility (GENIUS-TF) at the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory.
Read article 'Hot gas reveals cold dark matter'
Hot gas reveals cold dark matter
The long controversy between cold-dark-matter and hot-dark-matter models is rapidly nearing an end. A recent study of the X-ray emission of hot gas in a massive cluster of galaxies has allowed astrono...
Read article 'Gamma-ray bursts made by supernovae'
Gamma-ray bursts made by supernovae
The discovery of the supernova SN2003dh at the location of the Gamma-ray burst GRB030329 enlightens the search for the origin of GRBs.
Read article 'BaBar’s new particle shows unexpected traits'
BaBar’s new particle shows unexpected traits
The BaBar experiment at SLAC has revealed a new narrow particle state that has been identified as a charmed meson, that is, a charm quark, c, bound with an antiquark, in this case a strange antiquark,...
Read article 'JLab results put new spin on the vacuum'
JLab results put new spin on the vacuum
New measurements from the US Department of Energy's Jefferson Lab (JLab) in Virginia are challenging existing ideas on how quark-antiquark pairs are produced from "nothing" - that is, the vacuum.
Read article 'TRIUMF and IUCF provide new results on CSB'
TRIUMF and IUCF provide new results on CSB
Two separate experiments in North America - at TRIUMF in Vancouver and at the Indiana University Cyclotron Facility (IUCF) in Bloomington - have made new observations of charge symmetry breaking (CSB)...
